Live In The Library

Samcha and The Welcome Committee - a Chattanooga band - joins Richard Winham for this episode of WUTC's "Live in the Library," recorded downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Parker Millsap - a singer-songwriter musician from Oklahoma - brings his blend of blues, country, rock, Americana and folk to this episode of "Live in the Library" with Richard Winham, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Emerald Butler - fiddle player and Americana songwriter - is the guest on this episode of "Live in the Library" with Richard Winham, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Bearhound - a band from Cleveland, TN - performs in this episode of "Live in the Library" with Richard Winham, recorded downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Grant Langston - singer / songwriter, musician and honky tonker from Alabama who is now based in Los Angeles - plays songs from his new album "aLAbama" on this episode of "Live in the Library" with Richard Winham, recorded live downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

Catherine Campbell - singer/songwriter and indie rock practitioner here in Chattanooga - is Richard Winham's guest on this episode of "Live in the Library," recorded downtown at The Chattanooga Public Library.

From the studio in the downtown Chattanooga Public Library, we have a session featuring a set of songs as cooling and refreshing as a summer breeze from Luke Simmons and the Lovestruck.

Kamikaze Dali describes its songs as "sometimes grass, sometimes jazz, sometimes folk - always a servant to sound." Richard Winham hosts a session with the band from Rome, Georgia - recorded at the downtown Chattanooga Public Library.

The Diamond Dogs is one of my favorite bands in Chattanooga.

I've gone on record a number of times - probably too many times - saying, "I don't really care for so-called 'cover bands.'" A matter of taste, obviously - as many, many people almost certainly don't agree with me."

But the point is moot in this instance, because - as they've told me themselves, more than once: This isn't a cover band - this is a tribute to their hero, and mine: David Bowie.

And they always acquit themselves in fine style.

This week’s session for the studio in the Chattanooga Public Library features The Briars, Jerris Schmidt and her husband Robert Lovett. Robert and Jerris both write, play guitar, and sing together with seamless harmony. Their stellar harmonies spring from their joy of working together singing and playing their heartfelt, homemade music. They also listen widely and incorporate songs from their heroes including Brandi Carlile, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Gillian Welch in their sets.